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Police: Victim unintended target of Northeast Baltimore shooting

Family wants justice for 22-year-old woman killed

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Updated: 6:31 AM EDT Sep 4, 2012

Police said 22-year-old Larelle Amos, of Baltimore County, was in the front yard of a party along the 4800 block of Alameda around 2:15 a.m. Sunday when someone a block away opened fire, striking her in the chest.

Police: Victim unintended target of Northeast Baltimore shooting

Family wants justice for 22-year-old woman killed

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Updated: 6:31 AM EDT Sep 4, 2012

BALTIMORE —

Baltimore City police said they are looking for the person responsible for a fatal shooting during a Labor Day party this weekend.

Police said 22-year-old Larelle Amos, of Baltimore County, was in the front yard of a party along the 4800 block of The Alameda around 2:15 a.m. Sunday when someone a block away opened fire, striking her in the chest.

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Amos, the mother of a 1-year-old child, was engaged to be married. The 2008 Kenwood High School graduate worked for Sun Trust Bank.

Through his pain, Geron Mills described his fiancée to 11 News. The two were high school sweethearts, and she was the mother of his 1-year-old son.

"First of all, (the killer) took away somebody's daughter. That's No. 1. You took away somebody's daughter. Then, you took away somebody's mother. And for me -- you did nothing but take away my soul mate," Mills said.

Detectives said they don't think Amos was the shooter's intended target and was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"Detectives don't believe, in any way, that this young lady was the intended target of somebody's malice," Baltimore City police Detective Donny Moses said.

The shooting happened when a family party was ending and Amos walked to the front of the house, police said.

"I heard some gunshots go off, and when I went on the front lawn, that's when I found my girlfriend laying there," Mills said.

According to witnesses, the shots came from just down the street in the 5700 block of The Alameda.

Mills said the last words he heard from his fiancée were "call 911."

"Senseless murder, senseless death. We have a seemingly productive young lady here out -- not even on the town, at someone's house -- and the worst you could imagine happened to her, so we're definitely looking for the public's help," Moses said.

Alisa Grinage wept for her daughter, calling her a super and wonderful person. She and other family members told 11 News they are hoping someone will come forward to help police find the shooter.

"I'm not going to rest until it's completed and we have whoever it is or the bodies that are involved. I want them to come forward, or if somebody heard something or knew something, speak up. That's the right thing to do," Grinage said.

"He or she didn't hide their self when they pulled that trigger, so if you were man enough or woman enough to do that, then let the police know what you did and just confess that 'I pulled the trigger and it hit the wrong person,'" Mill said.

Baltimore City police are asking anyone with information to call 866-7-LOCKUP. Callers can remain anonymous.